Denise D. Pentino

Experience

Fortune v. Nalco Company et al.

Represented manufacturer of chemicals held in a storage tank on property owned by a coal company which overturned during a flood which occurred in Raleigh County, West Virginia. This matter was filed on behalf of fifty named Plaintiffs against several coal company Defendants, a logging company and our chemical company client. Plaintiffs filed this matter as a purported class action. Plaintiffs sought damages for medical monitoring and personal injuries including claims for wrongful death and lung cancer. Plaintiffs sought a multi-million dollar settlement. This matter settled for $20,000 on behalf of our client after we finished deposing Plaintiffs.

Hilton v. Stockhausen, Ciba and American Cyanamid

Represented manufacturer (Stockhausen) of polyacrylamide flocculants in first personal injury case filed in West Virginia in which Plaintiff claimed neurologic injury/polyneuropathy as a result of exposure to residual amounts of acrylamide while working at municipal wastewater treatment facility. This matter resulted in a favorable settlement on behalf of our client.